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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1982
Applicant:
Inventor:
Michael L Lauber, Akron, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Company, Akron, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29H / ; B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 88 ; 1564062 ; 294 / ; 294 / ; 425 38 ;
Abstract
A first stage green tire handling device employing radially directed air springs mounted within a support frame in order to grasp the highly flexible cylindrically shaped first stage green tire. The green tire handling device is particularly adapted to be used in conjunction with automated equipment and may distort the highly flexible green tire in order to facilitate its application with automated machinery.